Christmas decorations on a budget!

Book Tree!

This was fun to make. We have a ton of books and we made a tree that sits against the wall. At the top we have a makeshift angel and covered it in a string of lights my roommate previously had. My other roommate also added a tree skirt by using some fabric she had lying around.

Snowflakes!

We cut a bunch of snowflakes from regular paper and decorated the wall. The wall was painted blue so it works. We also had 4 strands of Christmas lights already and used the white ones for decoration

The Kitchen Wreath!

It's still in progress but it was pretty simple. I took a pie dish, carved a hole for a measuring cup (we got multiple sets of measuring cups), and attached to the rims is a bunch of tea bags (hot glue gun). I plan to add some flowers behind the measuring cup made out of cupcake holders.

The Motherboard Wreath!

This was fun. I had a spare (and busted) motherboard so I didn't mind doing this. I wrapped it with three Ethernet cords and a bow at the bottom. It was pretty heavy but we managed to hang it (somewhat shoddily) with wire and a over the door towel hanger.
It goes to say, you can use pretty much anything to make a wreath!

Lamp decorations!

My roommates and I have two floor standing lamps in our apartment. We decided to make do with random objects and wire to decoration them. This was tons of fun.

More random objects. It's really easy to have quirky and fun decorations with what you already have or for relatively cheap.

Newspaper Front Door Wreath!

This was easy and a lot of fun. I simply made six fans out of full length sheets of newspapers. Then I glued everything together. After that I made paper roses from this tutorial and glued them on: http://www.twiggstudios.com/2011/11/book-page-roses-tutorial.html
Newspaper (or the junk mail coupons/ads) is about your best friend this Christmas season if you're on a budget. You can make a variety of things from newspaper. You can paper mache ornaments, stockings, and other decorations. Making your own decorations is a great way to bond with others.
My roommates and I didn't buy a single thing. This is all stuff we had lying around (we are somewhat crafty people) and made do. We have plans to make a fireplace based on leroux's post (http://imgur.com/a/3Vy8J) and to make a Serenity gingerbread house tonight!